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Acts 2:6

And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
Acts 2:6
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης συνῆλθεν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη, ὅτι ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν.

  1. γενομένηςgenomenēs“When was happening”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, middle (deponent), participle, genitive, singular, feminine · from γίνομαι · “to be” · Strong's G1096
  2. δὲde“now”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. τῆςtēs“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. φωνῆςphōnēs“sound”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from φωνή · “voice/sound” · Strong's G5456H
  5. ταύτηςtautēs“this”
    Demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  6. συνῆλθενsunēlthen“came together”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from συνέρχομαι · “to assemble” · Strong's G4905
  7. τὸto“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  8. πλῆθοςplēthos“multitude”
    Noun, nominative, singular, neuter · “multitude” · Strong's G4128
  9. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  10. συνεχύθη,sunechuthē“was confounded,”
    Verb, aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular · from συγχέω · “to confound” · Strong's G4797
  11. ὅτιhoti“because”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754H
  12. ἤκουονēkouon“was hearing”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἀκούω · “to hear” · Strong's G0191
  13. εἷςheis“one”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “one” · Strong's G1520
  14. ἕκαστοςhekastos“each”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “each” · Strong's G1538
  15. τῇtēa“in their”
    Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  16. ἰδίᾳidia“own”
    Adjective, dative, singular, feminine · from ἴδιος · “one's own/private” · Strong's G2398
  17. διαλέκτῳdialektō“language”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from διάλεκτος · “language” · Strong's G1258
  18. λαλούντωνlalountōn“speaking”
    Verb, present, active, participle, genitive, plural, masculine · from λαλέω · “to speak” · Strong's G2980
  19. αὐτῶν.autōn“them.”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)